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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—OregonRobert Reyburn BUTLER
(1881-1933)
BUTLER, Robert Reyburn,
(grandson of Roderick Randum Butler), a Representative from Oregon;
born in Butler, Johnson County, Tenn., September 24, 1881; attended
the public schools and Holly Springs College; was graduated from
the law department of Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tenn., in
1903; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Mountain
City, Tenn.; moved to Condon, Oreg., in 1906 and resumed the
practice of law; mayor of Condon, Oreg.; appointed circuit judge
for the eleventh judicial district of Oregon and served from
February 1909 until his retirement in January 1911; moved to The
Dalles in 1911 and resumed the practice of law; member of the State
senate 1913-1917 and 1925-1929; elected on November 6, 1928, as a
Republican to the Seventieth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by
the resignation of Nicholas J. Sinnott and on the same day was
elected to the Seventy-first Congress; reelected to the
Seventy-second Congress and served until his death; unsuccessful
candidate for reelection in 1932 to the Seventy-third Congress;
died in Washington, D.C., January 7, 1933; interment in the Odd
Fellows Cemetery, The Dalles, Oreg.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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